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(No Model.)

R. J.- REIMBR.

FENCE.

No. l400,711.` Patented Apr. 2, 1889.

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UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT J. REIMER, OF BELVIDERE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JACOB V. CARTER, OF SAME .PLACE, AND JOSEPH B. CORNISH, OF

VASHINGTON, NEV JERSEY.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATIoN forming part afnemers Patent No. 400,711, dated April 2, 188e.

Y Application led December 20, 1888. Serial No. 294,177. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known Athat LROBERT J. REIMER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bel- The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, strong, and durable fence which may be easily and quickly erected, .and from which any of the rails maybe detached lat any time to allow the entrance or exit of animals; and with these vobjects in view the invention consists in a certain novel construction and combination of parts,'fully set forth hereinafter, in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in t-he appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure I is aV perspective view of the improved fence. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing the post in section.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the posts, which are set at their lower ends in the ground, and are provided at suitable points with registering openings or slots .B B, which are in length equal to twice the width of the rails. The rails C C are adapted to be inserted at their ends in the openings or slots in the posts, and they are provided with the transverse grooves D D, adapted to engage the edges of the openings or slot-s, to prevent longitudinal movement of the rails. The width of the openings or slots in the posts is preferably equal to the thickness of one rail, and the grooves therein are cut half through the thickness of the rails, whereby when the adjacent ends of two rails are arranged in the same opening or slot, and the grooves therein are engaged with opposite sides of Vthe opening or slot, the ends of the rails may be arranged side by side, for the reason that the webs or uncut portions E of the rails are together just equal to the thickness of one rail. Therefore, to engage the adjacent ends of two rails in an opening or slot in a post, pass them into the opening or slot one above the other, engage their grooves with opposite sides of the opening or slot, and then slide the upper rail down beside the lower rail until it rests on the bottom of the 5o openin g or slot. To remove a rail, it is simply necessary to4 reverse the operation just described. v

The grooves in the rails embrace the edges of the openings or slots in the posts snugly, and therefore prevent the posts from swinging longitudinally of the fence, and as the ends of the rails fit tightly in the openings or slots lateral swing of the posts is also prevented. Therefore the herein-described manner of at- 6o taching the rails to the posts also serves to brace and strengthen the fence without any additional or supplemental means for that purpose.

It is further evident that the parts comprising this fence may be very easily and cheaply made. Two parallel transverse saw-cuts are made at each end of the rail, and the material between the said cuts is removed with a chisel to form the grooves in the rails.

It will be understood that this fence may be made of any suitable material, as metal, wood, dec.; but I prefer metal, as being more durable.

Having thus described my invention, I 'claim- In a fence, the combination, with the rails C C, provided with transverse grooves D D, equal in depth to half the thickness of a rail, of the posts provided with the vertical open- 8o ings or slots B B, equal in length to twice the width of a rail and equal in width to the thickness of a rail, all constructed and combined substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. REIMER.

Titnessesz 'T. Dnwrrr TAYLOR, THEO. P. Hossnnn 

